THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK
About Animesh Sharma.
Engineer, product person, automation obsessive, and problem solver.
I work across engineering, product, and operations. I like the problems that start with incomplete context and end with something useful in people’s hands.
01 / BACKGROUND
I figure things out. Then I build them.
I’m at my best when the problem is messy.
Incomplete requirements. Bad documentation. Too many people involved. Nobody quite knows the answer. And somehow, it still needs to ship Friday.
Good.
Give me half the context and I’ll find the other half. I’ll read the code, talk to the user, ask questions, and pull at threads until the problem makes sense.
That mentality took me beyond engineering — into product, operations, customer experience, partnerships, and strategy.
I kept picking up problems until my job title had to catch up.
The titles changed.
The job didn’t.
Figure it out.
Software just happens to be my favorite form of leverage.
If it’s repetitive, automate it. If the process is broken, rebuild it. If everyone’s solving the symptom, find the actual problem.
And if nobody quite knows how to do that yet?
Now you have my attention.
02 / WHAT I BUILD
Products, systems, and the work between them.
My work sits where product decisions meet implementation: finding the real problem, building the software, and improving the workflow around it.
Product engineering
Web and mobile products, internal tools, and the backend systems that keep them useful after launch.
Applied AI
AI support and claims workflows grounded in customer context, reviewable decisions, and real product needs.
Automation
Replacing repetitive handoffs and manual processes with software that gives people time back.
Product and operations
Working across teams to define scope, unblock decisions, and get useful work shipped.
03 / EXPERIENCE
From founding engineer to broader product leadership.
Chief of Staff
Gradly Inc.
The problems got bigger. So did the scope.
I work across strategy, product, engineering, partnerships, and operations — leading a 10-person cross-functional team while staying close to the product.
Technical Lead
Gradly Inc.
I started building products. Then I started building the team.
Owned products from problem to production across AI, claims, payments, mobile, and carrier integrations.
Grew engineering from 1 to 5–6 people, interviewed 30+, hired 8, and integrated 5 insurance carriers.
Founding Engineer
Gradly Inc.
A few scripts turned into the foundation.
Joined as the only engineer and went from automating manual work to building the backend, internal systems, insurance integrations, and an early AI prototype.
That foundation grew into a platform serving 10,000+ members across 25+ U.S. universities.
04 / SELECTED WORK
A few things I’ve built and helped ship.
VisaFile
Automation · Product · Engineering
The DS-160 can take hours of form-filling. VisaFile turns your answers into an automated application run, stopping only when it actually needs you.
AI Insurance Concierge
AI · RAG · Product
An AI support system that understands the customer, their journey, the insurance plan, and the conversation before drafting a reply.
Gradly Links
Internal Tool · Custom Domains · Engineering
An internal Rebrandly alternative with a custom Gradly domain—built in-house to manage branded short links and save the company about $400 a month.
AI Claims Adjudication
AI · Automation · Payments
Upload a medical bill and bank details. The app checks eligibility, sends the reimbursement by ACH, and confirms it by email—payment lands in 1–2 business days.
Sortify
Machine Learning · Automation · Product
Reads the musical traits of your saved songs to spot patterns and draft playlists. You review, tweak, and approve every one before it reaches Spotify.
Crate
On-device AI · Semantic Search · Product
Turns an Instagram export into a private, searchable library. It finds related captions, tags, and notes on your device, then suggests collections you can shape yourself.